Modi cabinet approves amendment to SC/ST Act - ABN

Thu, Aug 02, 2018, 07:38 AM

The Modi cabinet approved an amendment to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Protests by Dalits all over the country against the Supreme Court verdict on March 20, the NDA government decided to bring a constitutional amendment bill in the Parliament to restore the original provisions of the SC/ST Act. Once the amendment passed by the Parliament then it will nullify the Supreme Court judgment. Various Dalit groups have expressed happiness for approving an amendment to the SC/ST Act.